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1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
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TOWN BOARD
4 REGULAR MEETING
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7 Southold, New York
8 January 7 , 2025
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14 B E F 0 R E :
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16 ALBERT KRUPSKI JR, SUPERVISOR
17 LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
18 JILL DOHERTY, COUNCILWOMAN
19 BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
20 GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
21 ANNE H . SMITH, COUNCILWOMAN
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4 Housing Informational Portion 3-16
5 Public Comments 17-29
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JANUARY 7, 2025 BUSINESS MEETING 3
1 HOUSING
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : So
3 someone on that who ' s been involved,
4 either Jill or Anne would like to
5 explain all the work that went into
6 where we are today?
7 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Sure .
8 So as you know, I ' ve been working on the
9 Housing Plan from its inception . And
10 the Housing Plan was adopted and now
11 Anne , myself, and a couple of planners
12 are working on implementing the plan,
13 which is a tedious task . And it starts
14 with one section at a time . And we ' ve
15 developed a subsidy framework for
16 contractors to encourage them to do
17 Affordable Housing . And we give, you
18 know, this comes from the . 5 percent
19 sales tax from real estate that we get .
20 And this is a well-crafted plan that
21 will work for different types of
22 proposals that come before us , whether
23 it ' s a rehab of a building or a new
24 construction . And you get a base fair,
25 a base subsidy per unit that you ' re
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1 building . And then if you meet certain
2 qualifications , then you ' ll get a
3 certain more percentage of that base .
4 And so if it ' s adaptive reuse of a
5 building, you get a certain percent . If
6 you use solar and green energy, you get
7 a certain percent . So it encourages the
8 stuff that ' s in our Comp Plan that we
9 want to see . It encourages to keep the
10 community character of the area . And
11 it ' s for, you know, whatever workforce
12 housing or, you know, attainable
13 housing, whether it ' s apartments for
14 rent or individual houses for sale or a
15 combination of something . And this is
16 to, you know, we ' re collecting all this
17 money, but it ' s -- you can ' t spend it
18 until you have all the rules and
19 regulations . And we want to encourage
20 contractors to come and look at our
21 plan, and to get involved, and to, you
22 know, work and build these attainable
23 housing for our residents and alike .
24 And it ' s hard for them to do it because
25 they ' re not doing it to lose money .
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1 They ' re not doing it to get rich either .
2 So they ' re in business and they have to
3 keep their businesses sustainable not
4 only for today but for years to come .
5 It ' s something that we ' ve worked on and
6 we talked about the framework and we
7 wanted to get the public information,
8 you know, the public to weigh in if they
9 want . And I do want to mention that
10 this includes the Village of Greenport .
11 So, if anything, any project that goes
12 in on the Village of Greenport, this is
13 part of that . As far as our Housing
14 Plan, I consider that the Village of
15 Greenport in Southold Town are one . And
16 whether you have to go to the village
17 building department for your permits as
18 a contractor or the Town, the subsidies
19 are there for you . And we ' re working on
20 policies , you know, and collaboration
21 with the Village of Greenport, which is
22 very important because , you know, to me,
23 we ' re all one Town when it comes to
24 housing . So, and it ' s a lot . I kind of
25 summarized it . Made it sound a little
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1 more simple than it ' s been, but I want
2 to -- I want to personally thank Maris
3 Sierra and Mark Terry from our Planning
4 Board . This is their, you know
5 expertise and their training that has
6 come up with this . And we flushed the
7 things out and this is what we ' ve come
8 up with and it ' s a living document . So
9 they ' re gonna put it up on the screen?
10 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : So I
11 asked this morning, if we wanted to, and
12 I was told, no . So we told Amy that,
13 you know, because we had the -- we had
14 it on the screen two weeks ago . And we
15 had it out there , and it ' s on the -- on
16 the website .
17 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Can you
18 describe a little bit more what the
19 subject or --
20 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Sure .
21 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : That ' s a
22 draft .
23 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : So for
24 example , if somebody comes in and we ' re
25 giving -- we decided on starting at
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1 $ 55, 000 per unit as the base subsidy if
2 they want to come in and they fit under
3 our guidelines for Affordable Housing .
4 And this is on the website . This is ,
5 and then -- this is -- and then we have
6 a certain percentage to go -- and I
7 don ' t -- I ' m sorry, I don ' t have the
8 form in front of me , but so we have up
9 to 500 . So it ' d be 500 of the base . So
10 50% times you know the $55 , 000 per unit
11 would be for adaptive reuse . Because
12 we ' re encouraging to take these
13 buildings and these empty buildings are
14 whether it ' s being empty or being used
15 for something else to, to read -- to
16 adapt them into housing . Maybe a mix
17 of, you know, marketing on the bottom
18 you know, storefront . And then on the
19 top, you know apartments or something
20 like that . So we encourage that . So
21 that ' s a 50% Community benefit covers
22 cost association with septic systems and
23 septic upgrades . Nitrogen levels and
24 everything else . So we have a 200 on
25 that . And, you know, so this is
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1 basic -- yeah, so -- and then proximity
2 to public transportation we have a
3 certain percent . And we have
4 definitions of that , that ' s 0 . 05 miles .
5 And then we have diversity in unit
6 sizes . So you have a one bedroom, two
7 bedroom, three bedroom . We know what
8 our need is for a larger, more than one
9 bedroom . Because we have families that
10 need housing . So we have a certain
11 percentage for that . What else? And
12 then deeper affordability . So if you go
13 with the lower AMI of, like, say, 80 0 ,
14 which is pretty low salary, you ' re not
15 going to get the HUD rent . The HUD is
16 -- The rental rates are set by HUD every
17 year, and we adopt them. And so that
18 means lower rent for lower subsidies .
19 But that means that the landlord can ' t
20 sustain it . So we give them a subsidy
21 to get the people that make a lower
22 salary to come in there . And then they
23 can do a mix . So that ' s the basic
24 outline . And we feel that it ' s a
25 document that ' s fair . And it ' s easy to
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1 establish no matter what type of
2 application that comes before is . And
3 it ' s easily changeable for things that
4 happen . For example, 2019, real estate
5 was good . Everything was okay . Then
6 COVID hit and look at the expenses now .
7 So we don ' t -- we can ' t predict those
8 kind of things . But this is not going
9 to be code . It ' s policy . That ' s
10 something that will set every year . So
11 we ' re able to change the percentages and
12 you know up -- higher it, lower it and
13 keep it -- keep it living and keep it
14 prevalent .
15 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : So
16 Anne , would you like to add anything?
17 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : No . I
18 just wanted to, again, acknowledge all
19 the work from the Planning Department ,
20 from the Attorney ' s Office, and
21 researching this . And the time we ' ve
22 spent on it, kind of offline , and kind
23 of getting ready for the meetings , I
24 think really produced a good way to look
25 at Town priorities and to try to get
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1 some projects really moving along . So
2 that we can get some housing on the
3 ground . That ' s the goal .
4 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : And I
5 think all the East End towns are trying
6 to figure out how to spend the community
7 housing money . And I think this is a
8 very good first effort and we ' re looking
9 for public input .
10 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : If I
11 could just add one thing, just kind of
12 emphasize the point that Jill made .
13 This is just one program that reflects
14 the goals of the Comprehensive Plan and
15 the Housing Plan . We will be looking at
16 other possible plans . One thing that
17 I -- it seemed like there was good
18 consensus on the Board was , you know,
19 first time home buyers , potential
20 assistance to veterans and first
21 responders , and things targeting other
22 sides of this . You know, we don ' t
23 intend to spend all of the money in this
24 direction, but this seemed like a good
25 first, you know, tool in the toolbox to
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1 get out there . And then we will explore
2 looking at other things .
3 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Can you say
4 where on the website they can find it
5 to?
6 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I don ' t
7 know where it is on the website , because
8 I haven ' t looked at it on the website .
9 But we asked for it to be put up . I ' ll
10 double check tomorrow with IT .
11 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : And it
12 was the supporting documents in our, not
13 today ' s work session, but our work
14 session two weeks ago .
15 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Two
16 weeks ago .
17 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : It should
18 be under those documents .
19 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Yes .
20 And I wanna just add to what Greg is
21 saying that this is just one section .
22 This does not take away from individuals
23 who need subsidies to help get into
24 housing . It ' s a combination of both
25 sides . We have the contractor creating
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1 the housing and then we have the and
2 that wants to get into the housing and
3 we have subsidies for them as well . So
4 it ' s not one or the other, it ' s just a
5 piece of the puzzle that we ' re just
6 gonna continually work on .
7 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : And if
8 anyone wants to read more about that
9 section, it is Chapter 4 of the Housing
10 Plan, which is very easy to find on the
11 website .
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
13 you . All right . Thank you . So is
14 there anyone here who would like to
15 comment at all or give us any input into
16 this ? Please?
17 MIKE TINER : Hi , Mike Tiner,
18 Cutchogue . I just had a question about
19 how things are going with the hiring of
20 the housing person? If you see that
21 person, one of their responsibilities
22 being the administration of plans like
23 these . If you could comment or tell us
24 a little bit about how that ' s going?
25 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Sure .
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1 We ' re still collecting applications . I
2 believe , Denis , do you remember when the
3 cutoff was ?
4 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Still a
5 work in progress .
6 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Work in
7 progress . Yeah . But that person would
8 be the person that, you know, say a
9 contractor wants to do this . They go to
10 that person and that person would filter
11 them to everywhere they need to go ,
12 whether it ' s in the Village of Greenport
13 or the Town of Southold and the
14 processes .
15 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Yes .
16 They would be the first point of
17 contact . Absolutely .
18 MIKE TINER : The other question I
19 had was if, do you have a plan for
20 informational marketing of this program
21 in the press or the civics? Or making
22 people aware of --
23 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : The
24 staff and some of the Board members did
25 a tremendous amount of work developing
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1 this subsidy program. And we are still
2 getting input . It ' s public now, but
3 we ' re getting input . We ' ve been in
4 communication with the other East End
5 towns who have the same fund . And
6 trying to figure out the best way to,
7 you know, we want to maximize the amount
8 of housing . On the other hand, we want
9 to have someone build some housing
10 that ' s going to be affordable in
11 perpetuity . So we ' re working through
12 all that .
13 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : And part
14 of the plan does include outreach and
15 education as a requirement of the plan .
16 So as funds become available , then
17 notices will go out . And again, this
18 point of contact person will help lead
19 that with the Housing Advisory
20 Commission .
21 MIKE TINER : Yeah, that was a key
22 question because we do get a lot of
23 questions . It can be very challenging
24 to get it .
25 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : When we
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1 have more substance to give in that,
2 when there ' s actually a project on the
3 ground, I -- and that ' s where the
4 Housing Commission will be charged with
5 maybe doing a seminar to say, hey, this
6 is going on . This is what you have to
7 do . This is what the criteria is . And
8 that ' s part of the plan as well .
9 MIKE TINER : Is the proposed
10 housing person salary, will that person
11 be paid from the Housing Fund?
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . :
13 Partial . Partially, yes .
14 MIKE TINER : Thank you .
15 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Sure,
16 thanks for coming .
17 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
18 you . Anyone else here would like to ask
19 a question or make a comment? Is there
20 anyone whose Zoom would like to make a
21 comment or have a question? And
22 certainly, this is not like a public
23 hearing, so we ' re not going to close it
24 and that ' s the end of it . This is an
25 ongoing discussion we ' re going to have .
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1 If we do come up with an arrangement for
2 one or more developers for different
3 projects , whether it ' s rental or
4 ownership, we ' ll continue to be flexible
5 in how we spend that money to benefit
6 the community . So if I don ' t see any
7 other comment , we could close that
8 portion of the meeting then .
9 And ask for, is there anyone who
10 would like to address the Board on any
11 matter?
12 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I just
13 have a question on this . Paul , do we
14 have to do a resolution to adopt the
15 policy of the subsidies or that just
16 becomes part of our Housing Plan?
17 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : I
18 think that that can wait . The policy
19 can wait . I haven ' t seen it in its
20 final form yet .
21 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Oh,
22 okay .
23 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : And
24 once you have it in final form, you can
25 adopt it as policy .
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1 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Okay .
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3 PUBLIC COMMENTS
4 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : Good afternoon .
5 My name is Philip Wasilausky . I reside
6 at 575 Goose Creek Lane in Southold . I
7 know some of you are -- and I ' m familiar
8 with many of you, some not . I
9 appreciate the chance to come here . And
10 I just want to make a public record of
11 this matter that I ' ve been dealing with
12 since 2016 . Waterhouse in 2013 , we had
13 some renovations done and moved in 2016 .
14 And at that time , we moved in, we had a
15 single car garage . I sought to expand
16 that to accommodate a wooden boat that
17 my dad had built in 1948 . I had taken
18 care of and lovingly restored it in
19 2007 . Previous residents . And the
20 building permit was disapproved because
21 of lot coverage and setback
22 requirements . And we sought a variance
23 in the ZBA, and they denied it . And
24 their findings they stated that the
25 purpose could be achieved by a method
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1 suitable for sue , and that was to
2 purchase the rights of the way
3 surrounding the property on the two
4 sides . There were these paper rights
5 away that went back of our property and
6 others on that side of Goose Creek Lane .
7 And one part of that was our driveway .
8 Someone had paved way back in a previous
9 ownership, it ' s our driveway . It was a
10 right-of-way . So any of that, I ' m an
11 attorney . Not a real estate . I ' m a
12 criminal guy, basically, but I
13 researched at Surrogate ' s Court and
14 County Clerk and found that -- who the
15 property had been owned by . And long
16 story short, we contacted the executor
17 of the last holder of that estate . We
18 made a purchase of this property, which
19 then our original lot was about 14 , 490
20 square feet . And this added another
21 7 , 000 . A 21 , 000 square feet . So there
22 went the lot coverage requirement and
23 the setback . Because of the setbacks ,
24 if you buy a right-of-way, it ' s much
25 smaller . And now that it ' s not , now we
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1 had hired -- my wife and I -- my wife
2 Barbara, and I had hired Pat Moore to
3 represent us . She had represented us in
4 the ZBA hearing, and she also prepared
5 documentation, which consisted of
6 agreements for extinguishing the rights
7 of way just in our surrounding property .
8 It took a while to get all these signed .
9 There were some changes of ownership of
10 the properties . They weren ' t all
11 recorded in the County Clerk ' s Office ,
12 but that was finally done in May 16th,
13 ' 23 . The paperwork was presented to the
14 Assessor ' s Office, who then directed
15 Ms . Moore to bring it to the Town
16 Attorney . That was done on June 30th
17 ' 23 . She had also told me to file a
18 building permit . At that time, we
19 decided not to extend the garage, but to
20 put in a small freestanding garage ,
21 14X20 , which was a prefab type thing .
22 And about a month later, the Building
23 Department told me to -- you have to
24 apply to the County Clerk for the lot
25 number . That ' s all they seem to want .
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1 ' Cause Ms . Moore had thought that it had
2 to go to the ZBA again . Building
3 Department , no, no, no , just get that .
4 So she apparently brought that to the
5 Assessor . They said, oh, gotta go to
6 the Town Attorney . And yeah, that ' s
7 when it was filed with them in June
8 30th . It was passed to the Planning
9 Board at some point . Now, between 2016
10 and now, we spent over $25 , 000 on boat
11 storage , filing fees , attorney ' s fees ,
12 not a penny yet on any building, but
13 that much money on that . The delay has
14 been so lengthy that I gave the boat to
15 a younger relative to have because I had
16 no place to keep it or to finish
17 restoring it again . But we do want to
18 build a small building for a small car
19 and some outdoor furniture . So I don ' t
20 have to be carried downstairs to our
21 basement . My wife and I are both in our
22 ' 70s . It kind of hazardous to try to
23 carry even some lawn chairs downstairs .
24 So it would be handy to put it in a
25 small building . I ' ve spoken with
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1 government liaison, town supervisor who
2 assured me to go through without a
3 re-subdivision . I spoke to Assessor
4 Bill Flinter, he said I had to go
5 through town attorney . I made many
6 calls to various places . They don ' t
7 seem to be returned . Many promises have
8 been made . I ' m losing faith in town
9 government . I ' m told many times that ,
10 Oh, well , these other matters , big
11 matters . There ' s a hotel being put up,
12 the subdivision of 10 acres or
13 something . That ' s not this . I ' m trying
14 to forge my 10 feet -- 20 feet in my
15 backyard and my driveway into my lot,
16 and therefore I have enough to get a
17 permit for this small building . I also
18 wonder why Town Code Section 280-10 ,
19 which calls for merger, doesn ' t apply
20 here . I was referred to that . I looked
21 at it and that seems to be an automatic
22 merger provision . I don ' t know why that
23 doesn ' t . I see town attorney is here ,
24 recently made calls . I haven ' t -- yeah,
25 I spoke to you in October . You said
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1 it ' ll give you a couple of weeks and
2 It ' s been a while now . You know a new
3 year has started .
4 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : You and
5 I have spoken about this . I was on the
6 Board years ago, and I remember the lot
7 merger law very well . And I thought as
8 of right it should have merged . Most
9 people fight the merger of lots . In
10 this case, you ' re eager to have your
11 lots merged as one for your benefit,
12 which would make sense . I don ' t know
13 if, Mr . DeChance , you want to weigh
14 in?
15 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : Yes .
16 Mr . Wasilausky, we have spoken before on
17 this matter . We ' re here to assist you .
18 You know when you purchase a parcel
19 privately and a purchase a piece of it .
20 You don ' t know the history of that
21 parcel and you didn ' t do a review of the
22 chain of ownership to determine whether
23 or not those smaller parcels were merged
24 with other parcels . I know that you
25 hired Pat and I know that you ' ve asked
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1 her to accomplish your merger . She
2 wasn ' t able to do it for you because
3 there are other more intricate issues
4 that you may not be familiar with .
5 We ' re here to help you . I know that you
6 were advised to go to the Planning Board
7 for a re-subdivision, I can agree with
8 you that that doesn ' t appear to be
9 necessary in a situation like this ,
10 where the lots you ' re adding or prior
11 rights of way . They ' re limited in size .
12 They have the 50 foot width associated
13 with them. There ' s no reason why your
14 merger shouldn ' t have happened by
15 operation of law . It should have
16 happened by operation of law . We ' re
17 trying to get to the bottom of it for
18 you . I can tell you that you are in the
19 same boat, if you will , with three or
20 four other different other situations ,
21 other owners , and we are trying to
22 resolve them all at once . So I
23 appreciate the fact that you have
24 patience in this . I know that you ' ve
25 waited some time . Certainly you ' ve had
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1 --
2 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : It ' s been
3 years .
4 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : I
5 know -- well , it was years with your
6 prior attorney and before prior versions
7 of maybe the Town Attorney ' s Office or
8 Planning or the Assessor . I don ' t know
9 how much of that -- where you were at
10 what time, certainly I was not involved
11 during that entire time . You ' ve been
12 given the path, but we can both agree
13 that the path you ' ve been given is not
14 what you want to do . So we ' re here and
15 we ' re going to assist you in the plight,
16 but you have to have a little bit more
17 patience .
18 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : It ' s changing,
19 No, but I ' ve been patient , and you told
20 me that in October . And now you say
21 there ' s several people .
22 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : I
23 want you to know that --
24 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : Just like when
25 I had a case, I was in the District
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1 Attorney ' s Office, we had more than one
2 person complaining about someone, hey,
3 there ' s something there . It ' s not just
4 one person, but there ' s several . So
5 that ' s got to be something to be
6 resolved .
7 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : I
8 agree with you . You know that if you
9 filed -- if you had filed with the
10 Planning Board when you first learned
11 that that ' s what you should be doing,
12 this would have been resolved because
13 they would have considered the
14 re-subdivision and granted the
15 application .
16 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : I know how this
17 is a re-subdivision .
18 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : I ' m
19 not disagreeing with you, but you said
20 you wanted a resolution . That was your
21 resolution . It would have happened
22 probably within three or four months .
23 It would have been done . We ' re trying
24 to assist . We would like to see you
25 avoid that .
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1 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : What
2 about the lot merger law?
3 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : The
4 lot merger law is very clear . Lots --
5 Substandard lots owned in the same name
6 merge as a matter of law . We have
7 different and we ' ve took -- we ' ve
8 discussed this . We have different
9 Departments in this town some of which
10 agree and some of which do not agree .
11 So I can ' t --
12 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : Code provision?
13 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE :
14 Sorry?
15 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : On a code
16 provision, they can be different on
17 their --
18 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : And
19 this is maybe a matter -- and we ' ve
20 talked about it, but I don ' t know -- how
21 much -- how far you want to go with
22 this . But one office cannot tell
23 another office how to interpret -- how
24 to do the job or interpret the code . So
25 we can provide you with it . Provide
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1 them and you with an opinion . Again, we
2 are doing our best working with this . I
3 understand you ' re impatience with it,
4 and I apologize for that, but there ' s
5 nothing that I can do to make this
6 happen for you any faster than it ' s
7 happened .
8 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : Well , aren ' t
9 you the attorney advising all
10 departments of the town? You ' re the
11 Town Attorney . So each department
12 shouldn ' t have their own interpretation
13 of law . The law should be interpreted
14 by the one Town Attorney . Is that
15 correct?
16 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : I
17 don ' t want to debate this with you . I
18 do appreciate you coming out . Again, I
19 will continue to work on this for you to
20 find a resolution so you don ' t have to
21 go to the Planning Board, as you ' ve been
22 directed to previously .
23 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : We ' ll
24 talk to the Town Attorney tomorrow .
25 I ' ll be over in their building for a
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1 different matter, because I don ' t
2 understand why it wouldn ' t be subject to
3 a lot -- a lot merger law as of right .
4 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : It
5 doesn ' t really seem open to
6 interpretation .
7 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : The history of
8 this -- when that whole -- the big paper
9 road that I ' ve gotten a piece of from
10 the executor and it ' s now a separate
11 lot, it was 22 . It was a lot number,
12 and that little piece is 22 . 2 . At the
13 Town Clerks , I asked as intent for any
14 section block and lot prior history .
15 There isn ' t any . There ' s no transaction
16 in that . So had no prior history . I
17 appreciate that .
18 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Which
19 department is suggesting that this law
20 is not applicable?
21 PHILIP WASILAUSKY : I don ' t know .
22 Mr . DeChance?
23 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : We
24 can talk about that . Thank you .
25 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
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2 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Thank
3 you .
4 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Anyone
5 else who would like to address the Board
6 on any matter, including anyone online?
7 (No Response ) .
8 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Seeing
9 none , I ' ll entertain a motion to
10 adjourn?
11 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I ' ll
12 make a motion to adjourn .
13 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I ' ll
14 second it .
15 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All in
16 favor?
17 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
18 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
19 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
20 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Aye .
21 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Aye .
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24 adjourned at this time . )
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3 I , Jessica DiLallo, a Notary Public
4 for and within the State of New York, do
5 hereby certify :
6 THAT , the within transcript is a
7 true record of said Board Meeting .
8 I further certify that I am not
9 related either by blood or marriage to
10 any of the parties to this action; and
11 that I am in no way interested in the
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13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
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